Cattle-stanchion.



' PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

E. & J. P. REGK. CATTLE STANGHION.

APPLICATION IILEDAUG. 12. 1902.

SHEETS SHEET 1 N0 MODEL.

PATENTED JULY 14. 1903..

E. &' J, P. REc'K. CATTLE STANOHION.

APPLIOATIOH FILED AUG. 12. 1902.

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2: I I l l u I I l UNITED STATES Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

OAITTLE-STAYNCHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,874, dated July 14,1903. Application filed Au ust 12, 1902. Serial No. 119,454. (No model.)

To It whom it 7 may concern/.

Be it known that we, EMILE BECK and JOHN P. BECK, citizens of the UnitedStates, resid-i ing at Claude,'in the county of Armstrong, State ofTexas, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inCattle-Stanchions, and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to cattle-stanchions and it has for its object toprovidea stanchion that will be cheap and simple in construction, whichwill holdthe' cattle securely against movement, and which may beadjusted for cattle of different sizes.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a specificconstruction as will facilitate dehorning, branding,vaccinating, andother operations upon the cattle, other objects and advantages of theinvention being understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the stanchion set up and ready toreceive an animal. Fig.2 is a transverse section taken verticallythrough the stanchion looking toward the front end. Fig. 3 isa'perspective View of the stanchion with the side wings lowered and withthe end gates raised.

Referring now to the drawings, the present stanchion comprises sills 5,6, and 7, on which is mounted the floor 8, having longitudinal -beams 9at its sides, and at the corners of the floor and against the outerfaces of the sills 5 and 7 are mounted uprights 10, 11, 12, and 13, theuprights at each end of the floor having each a groove 14 extendinglongitudinally of its inner face. In the grooves of the uprights 10 and11 is mounted a sliding gate 15, While a similar sliding gate 16 ismounted in the upper portion of the grooves in the uprights 12 and 13.At the upper ends of each pair of uprights is fixed a crosspiece 17,havinga pulley 18 suspended therefrom, and attached to the sliding gatesand passed through these pulleys are cords 19 and 20 for raising andlowering the gates. An upright 21 is mounted nearthe end of the sill-6and has a cleat 22, with which the cords may be engaged after the gatesare raised, the cord 19'being passed through a direction-pulley 23 atthe upper end of a post 24, secured to the lateral extension 25 of thesill 7. A gate is hinged to the lower end of the upright12 in positionto close the space between the uprights and below the sliding gate 16,this hinged gate comprising uprights 29 and 30 andconnectingcross-pieces 31. The uppermost cross-piece 31 is connected tothe uprights 29 and 30 by bolts 32, which work in slots in saiduprights, so that said uppermost cross-piece 31 may be ad- 3' ustedvertically. The uppermost cross-piece 31 and thelowermostcross-piece 33ot' the gate 16 have notches 34 and 35, which lie one above the other,so that when an animals neck is between the gates it will be engaged inthe notches and the cross-piece3l will act vas a support for the neck ofthe animal. The hinged gate isheld normally closed by means of thespring 36, attached to the gate and to the lock 37, and the'gate isopened against the action of the spring by means of the cord 39,

attached to the cord 19. Thuswhen the cord 19 is drawn both the hingedgate and the sliding gate 16 are opened, and when the cord is releasedthe gates close.

The lower portions of the uprights 10, 11, 12, and 13 are provided withthe slanting braces 40, which are secured at their lower ends to thesills 5 and 7, while at the upper ends of said uprights is a framecomprising the longitudinal beams 4la'nd 42, the crosspieces 43 and 44against the ends of the longitudinal beams and the outer faces of theuprights, and the additional cross-pieces 45 and 46 between theuprights, there being braces 47 and 48 connected to the uprights and tothe beams 41 and 42, with their lowerends disposed against thecross-pieces 45 and 46.

Upon the beams 9 are mounted bearingblocks 26, each of which hastwo'bearing-recesses 27 and 28 therein, one in a higher plane than theother and'the upper recess offset laterally in respect to the lowerrecess,

the upper recesses of corresponding blocks at opposite sides of thefloor of the stanchion being spaced farther apart than the lowerrecesses of the same block. The bearingblocks are designed to receiveside gates or side wings, each of which consists of the top beam 49, towhich are connected cross-pieces 50, the edges of which at one side arecurved inwardly and then outwardly, and against these edges are securedspaced slats 51. The slats of course follow the curvatures of thecross-pieces, and the concavities of the wings thus formed are designedto fit around the sides of the bodies of the animals that may besuccessively con fined within the stanchion. The lower slats are securedin mutual contact, and in this lower portion of the wing at one side ofthe stanchion is a hinged gate or door 52, having a fastening device 53for holding it closed, while above the door 52 and in the slattedportion of the wing is a second door 54:, having also a latch mechanism55 for holding it closed. The outer faces of the cross-pieces 50 at thelower ends of the latter are cut away, as shown at 56, and secured tothe side faces of the cross-pieces are arms 57 or U-shaped bars, thebight or web portions of which are adapted for engagement with the slots27 and 28 of the bearing-blocks interchangeably. When these web or bightportions of the U-shaped bars are in engagement with the upperbearing-recesses, the concavities of the wings and the doors of one ofthe wings above described are held at a greater elevation to correspondto tall cattle, while when the lower bearing-recesses are engaged thewings are in position to correspond to lower cattle. Furthermore, whenthe upper bearing-recesses are engaged the wings are spaced fartherapart at their lower ends. It will be understood that the doors 52 and54: permit of access to different parts of the animal to enabledi'lferent operations to be performed. To permit of raising and loweringthe side wings from one side of the stanchion, vertical shafts 59 arejournaled in the cross-pieces 45 and 46, and through the lower portionof each of these shafts is passed a cross-bar 60, one end of which isconnected with the adjacent end of a wing by means of a rod 61. At theupper end of each shaft 59 is an arm 62, and the arms 62 are connectedby rods 63 with the lever 4, fulcrumed at the upper end of the post 21,so that a person may stand in position to operate the cords and lever toopen the several gates and raise and lower the wings.

When an animal is to be operated upon, the wings are lowered and thegate 15 is raised and the animal is driven into the stanchion, the gatesat the front end of the stanchion being closed. The gate 16 is raised,so, that the animal may pass his head between the gate 16 and the hingedgate therebelow, after which the gate 16 is lowered, so that the neck ofthe animal is firmly held. The gate 15 is then lowered, and the wingsare raised until they press with the proper degree of force against theanimal. The animal being thus held securelydhe proper door in the sidewing may be opened and the desired operation performed, after which thehinged gate may be opened and the gate 16 may be raised to permit theanimal to walk out from the stanchion.

When an animal is to be dehorned, it is secured in the stanchion in thesame manner as above described, and the nose of the animal is thrustintotheopening 65 in the table 66, secured to the front of the hinged gate.The gate 16 will prevent the animal from raising its nose from theopening, and the horns may be sawed or cut off at leisure.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specificconstruction shown may be made and that any suitable materials andproportions may be used for the various parts without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What is claimed is-- 1. A cattle-guard having hinged side wing shaped toconform substantially to the form of the animal, said wings beingvertically adjustable to suit animals of different heights, said wingshaving doors in its curved portions to give access to the animal in thestanchion.

2. A cattle-stanchion having hinged side wings shaped to conformsubstantially to the form of the animal, said wings being verticallyadjustable to suit animals of diderent heights.

3. A cattle-stanchion comprising an inclosure having a hinged door atone end provided with a table having an opening to receive the nose ofan animal, a vertically-movable gate constructed and arranged to restupon the neck of an animal and hold its nose in the opening of thetable, and means connected with both gates for swinging the former andraising the latter simultaneously.

at. A cattle-stanchion comprising an inclosure, a hinged gate providedwith a table upon its outer face having an opening to receive the noseof an animal, means for holding the gate yieldably in closed position, avertically-movable gate constructed and arranged to rest upon the neckof the animal and hold its nose in the opening of the table, and meansconnected with both gates for swinging the former and raising the lattersimultaneously.

5. A cattle-stanchion comprising an inclosure having a table at one endprovided with an opening to receive the nose of an animal, avertically-movable gate constructed and arranged to rest upon the neckof the animal and hold its nose in the opening of the table, and asupport for the neck of the animal arranged between said gate and tableand adjustable toward and away from the table.

6. A cattle-stanchion comprising uprights having a frame secured to theupper portion thereof, side wings pivoted for movement in a verticalplane toward and away from each other, a vertical shaft at each end ofthe IIO frame having arms projecting at opposite In testimonywhereofweaffixoiiisignatnres sides thereof, connections between the arms I inpresence of two witnesses.

of each shaft and the adjacent ends of corre- EMILE REOK. spondingwings, an additional arm projecting JOHN P. RECK. from each shaft, and alever connected with Witnesses:

the last-named arms for operating them to H. M. KIGHT,

actuate the wings. DAN CAVANAGH.

